WeLion put in 0.41 GWh of energy batteries in November, which could possibly be used to construct about 2,733 items of 150-kWh battery packs.
Beijing WeLion New Vitality Know-how noticed its first main energy battery installations in November, which might imply that Nio (NYSE: NIO) is lastly beginning to deploy its semi-solid-state batteries after many delays.
WeLion put in 0.41 GWh of energy batteries in November, putting it twelfth within the Chinese language market with a 0.92 p.c share, in line with information launched December 11 by the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance (CABIA).
CABIA publishes rankings of the highest 15 battery producers with the best put in base of energy batteries in its month-to-month report, and that is the primary time WeLion has been one of many prime 15 within the general market.
Within the ternary battery market, WeLion was No. 7 in November with a 2.63 p.c share. It had been within the prime 15 for ternary battery installations in October, however at the moment had put in simply 0.01 GWh and was No. 14 with a 0.06 p.c share.
Nio unveiled its 150-kWh semi-solid-state battery when it launched its flagship sedan, the Nio ET7, on the Nio Day 2020 occasion on January 9, 2021.
WeLion started delivering 360 Wh/kg Li-ion battery cells to Nio on June 30 of this yr, with a supply ceremony held in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, the place its manufacturing facility is situated.
It is not clear if WeLion’s present batteries are being equipped completely to Nio, however the two have been working collectively for the previous few years on a joint effort to create semi-solid batteries, and Nio’s senior vice chairman, Zeng Shuxiang, sits on WeLion’s board of administrators.
If all of WeLion’s energy battery installations in November had been contributed by Nio, the 0.41 GWh of capability might have been utilized in about 2,733 150-kWh battery packs, sufficient for one for each Nio battery swap station.
As of December 13, Nio had 2,228 battery swaps in China, information from its charging map present.
Nio at the moment has eight fashions on sale — ES8, ES7, ES6, EC7, EC6, ET7, ET5, ET5 Touring. The fashions help battery swap, with all automobiles sharing the battery packs circulating in its battery swap system.
On Could 9, Nio filed with China’s business regulator so as to add WeLion as a battery cell provider for 3 fashions, together with two SUVs in addition to a sedan, marking the corporate’s first submitting of use of the battery.
On October 16, Nio filed the battery for a further 11 fashions, together with 9 SUVs and two sedans.
Nio will maintain Nio Day 2023 on December 23, the place it’s going to unveil a brand new flagship mannequin, William Li, the corporate’s founder, chairman, and CEO, stated throughout its third-quarter earnings name earlier this month.
The mannequin will function Nio’s newest technological improvements and would be the international know-how benchmark for good electrical automobiles, Li stated.
It is not clear whether or not Nio will make the 150-kWh semisolid-state battery one of many mannequin’s key promoting factors.
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